Meanings
comparative more diversionary · superlative most diversionary
- That serves as a diversion.
There is, of course, a diversionary route available via Lincoln (the GN/GE Joint line).
2019 November 20, “Industry Insider: East Coast problems”, in Rail, page 761 more example
I can assure him and others that I am more than willing to let feminist-separatists, male and/or female go their own gay way. Along with other extraneous and self-indulgent factions, they have been a diversionary and devisive ^([sic]) element.
1978 April 8, Illogical Comprehension, “Rudy Grillo”, in Gay Community News, page 4
Synonyms & antonyms
adjective(of tactics e.g.) likely or designed to confuse or deceive
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Cite this entry
diversionary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diversionary
“diversionary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diversionary. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “diversionary,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diversionary.
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